Vehicle information collection system and method thereof
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Nakahara, Takeshi Inoue, Takayoshi Yokota, Takumi Fushiki, Kennichirou Yamane
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Abstract
A vehicle information specification determining function is built in the on-board terminal installed on a vehicle to determine the specification for vehicle information collection. An information center determines service charges according to the vehicle information specification determined by the vehicle information specification determining function.
Claims11
A vehicle information collection system having a unit mounted on a vehicle for collecting vehicle information to be transmitted to an information center which provides services based on the collected vehicle information, the vehicle information collection system comprising:
- an operation input equipment of the information terminal of the unit mounted on a vehicle or a user for inputting information specification of the vehicle information to be transmitted to the information center;
- means for storing the inputted vehicle information into the unit mounted on the vehicle;
- means for recording the vehicle information of the vehicle carrying the unit according to the stored vehicle information specification;
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- means for transmitting the stored vehicle information to the information center.
A vehicle information collection system having a vehicle mounted unit for collecting vehicle information to be transmitted to the information center for providing services based on said collected vehicle information, the vehicle mounted unit comprising:
- operation input equipment for inputting the information specification of the vehicle information to be transmitted to the information center installed by a user;
- storage means for storing the inputted vehicle information specification;
- recording means for recording the vehicle information on the car carrying the unit in a vehicle, based on said stored car information specification;
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- communications means for transmitting recorded vehicle information to the information center;
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- a display equipment for displaying vehicle information specifications.
An information center for providing services based on said collected vehicle information, the information center further comprising:
- a vehicle information specification database for storing the specification of the vehicle information, wherein the information specification is transmitted from the unit mounted on a vehicle or the information terminal of a user and is transmitted to the information center;
- a vehicle information database for storing the vehicle information transmitted from a vehicle having the unit mounted thereon;
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- a content database for storing service contents created based on the history of information on the car according to the stored vehicle information;
- wherein, when services are provided to a user, service charges are calculated according to the information specification of the stored vehicle information for said user, and the user is billed accordingly.
A vehicle information collection method for a vehicle having a unit mounted on a vehicle which collects vehicle information to be transmitted to an information center for providing services based on the collected vehicle information, the vehicle information collection method comprising:
- storing the information specification of the vehicle information input from an operation input equipment of the unit mounted on a vehicle and transmitted to the information center;
- storing the vehicle information of the vehicle carrying the unit mounted on a vehicle, according to the stored vehicle information specification;
- transmitting the stored vehicle information to the information center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.